Spam comments

I'm getting a lot of spam comments all of a sudden--four just today. They're not showing up in my comments for moderation section, I see them when I look at the actual hub. Is there anything I can do about them?

lol. I've been seeing really weird spam posts in the forums, too. For example, someone wrote a comment about religion or something and then posted an external link. The thread, itself, had absolutely nothing to do with religion and was about food or something. You'd think they'd at least match up their comments with the topic. Oh well! lol

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